Tag: limitations

• Creative Limitations

  Constraints breed innovation.

  Having fewer options forces you to be more creative.

  When you cannot have everything you want, you must learn to work with what you have.

  While having fewer options may feel like a hindrance, it actually makes decision-making easier.

  This is why constraints are beneficial for creative work.

  With too many options available, anything is possible.

  This often makes it difficult to even get started.

  By limiting your options, by imposing constraints upon yourself, you can focus on what matters, and that is the work.

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  January 26, 2024

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• Their Fears

  The people who doubt you often feel the same way about themselves.

  They do not believe in their own potential.

  Or they have sold out their own dreams in the name of practicality.

  People who have faced and overcome their fears do not instill fear in others.

  People who have followed their dreams do not dissuade others from doing the same.

  When someone doubts your ability to succeed at something, consider the fact that they may have had the same or similar aspirations, but were too frightened to follow through on them.

  Their fate does not have to be yours.

  You do not have to let fear rule over you.

  Live a life you are proud of.

  Even if you fail, at least you will have failed doing something you believed in, instead of failing to try at all.

  The fears and limitations of others do not have to become your fears and limitations.

  You get a say.

  Courage gets a say.

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  December 15, 2023

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• Do What You Can

  Do what you can.

  Do no more.

  Do no less.

  Push yourself to your limits.

  But respect your limitations.

  And do not settle for giving less than all you’ve got.

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  October 8, 2023

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• Trying Changes You

  You will never truly know yourself unless you test your limitations. 

  This means stepping out of your comfort zone and doing things that are frightening. 

  There is no courage, after all, without there first being fear. 

  And the only way to know how far you can go is to try to go further than you are capable of. 

  You cannot know your limitations without trying to push past them. 

  In the process, you will likely find that you are capable of far greater things than you expected. 

  Your perceived limitations are based on your past experience, your relationships, and the beliefs you have inherited from others, but none of these factors tells the whole story. 

  You are so much more than what you imagine yourself to be, but you will never know unless you try things you may fail at. 

  And when, not if, you fail, try again and again and again. 

  The trying is what changes you. 

  The effort is what forces you to grow. 

  Your limitations, you will find, are not fixed, but fluid. 

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  September 18, 2023

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• Depth In Simplicity

  There is power in simplicity.

  Do not make your life overly complicated.

  Complications will find you on their own.

  There is no need to seek them out.

  Having too many options means never having to commit to anything.

  Create limitations for yourself and learn to work within them.

  Set boundaries for others and learn to maintain them.

  Learn to say no to that which is least important so that you can say yes to that which is most important.

  This will allow you to focus.

  It will force you to prioritize and it will enable you to do your best work.

  In a complex world full of shallow distractions, simplicity allows you to live a life of depth.

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  August 21, 2023

  boundaries, choice, essentialism, limitations, minimalism, simplicity

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